During the last few moments of summer, I went down to the XO Customs HQ in Telford to meet up with Supercars of Birmingham to photograph a roadtrip around northern Wales. Over 30 supercars arrived in the small trading estate ranging from the newest McLarens to the oldest Porsche 911s. As people chatted and got pictures under the all new HEX lighting fitted at XO Customs HQ, I began taking photos trying to supress my excitement as more and more stunning cars arrived.
The convoy began taking shape as millions of pounds worth of cars started streaming out of the trading estate and started heading for the valleys. After a few reports of cars being pulled over by the police, the convoy started to splay. Several miles later we regrouped at Ponderosa Cafe in Snowdonia, just off the Horseshoe Pass, for a bite to eat and to see who we had lost on the way. As I was driving a Renault van with a Honda CRF motorbike in the back, I was struggling to keep up with the team and the sun was starting to set. With only a few images on my SD card, I was itching to get down to the beach and get shooting some cars so I urged to group to unleash their V12s and head down to Porthmadog where we could have some fun on the beach.
We arrived at Black Rock Sands, the light was any photographer’s dream as it started to set into golden hour and we were down to just four cars. This is how our evening looked from there on…
Behind the scenes…
To capture the image of the Ferarri 458 seen below I decided to bring along a perspex screen to hide behind to shoot whilst the driver covered me, and Ryan (taking one for the team holding the sheet) in sand. Jake Osborne another automotive photographer I work with, is seen below blowing sand out of his lens.
